Milk-stool.



No. 663,345. Patented Dec. 4, I900. 0, A. HULETT'.

M I L K S T 0 0 L (Application filed Feb. 26, 1900.)

(No Model.)

IUNTTED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

ORVILLE A. HULETT, OF LUVERNE, MINNESOTA.

MILK-STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,345, dated December 1900- Application filed February 26, 1900. Serial No. 6,604. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORVILLE A. HULETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Luverne, in the county of Rock and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Milk-Stools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertaius to make and use the same.

In dairy appliances and as an adjunct to hand-milking a stool or support is almost indispensable. As generally constructed milkstools are not adapted to receive and firmly hold different-sized pails and make no provision for quickly throwing the pail to one side to avoid spoiling the milk from many causes well known to dairymen.

The primary purpose of the invention is the provision of a pail-holder adjustable within certain limits to accommodate pails varying in size and which will be secure against slipping, the weight of the pail and contents serving to hold the adjustable part when positioned.

The invention also aims to mount the holder on a horizontally-swinging support and adapted to be turned to either side of the stool, as may be found most convenient, so as to avoid accident to or fouling of the milk.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and the drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic featn res of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a milkingstool constructed in accordance with and embodying the vital features of the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view, the dotted lines showing the holder contracted.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in both views of the drawings and designated in the description by the same reference characters.

The stool 1 is of ordinary construction and comprises a top mounted upon a series of legs, usually three, as illustrated. The stool may be of any length, height, and width to suit the convenience of the user.

A support 2 for the pail-holder is located at one end of the stool and is pivoted at its rear end thereto by the fastening 3, the latter consisting, preferably, of a bolt passing through the parts 1 and 2. The support 2 rests upon the stool and is adapted to swing horizontally to either side thereof, thereby making provision for the user to swing the pail out of harms way, according as the milker is located upon one side or the other of the cow. The forward or outer edge of the support 2 is depressed or made concave to conform approximately to the circular outline of a pail.

The pail-holder consists, essentially, of a strap or band 4, secured at its ends to opposite edges of the support 2, the intermediate portion being bent in the form of a loop, so as to receive and embrace the largest-sized pail. Combined with the pail-holder is a reducer 5, consisting of a strap secured at its outer end to the band 4: and having its inner end adjustably connected with the support and preferably formed into an eye 6 to provide a fingergrip. The reducer 5 in its preferable form is a strip of spring metal or strap-iron and has pivotal connection at its outer end with the band 4 at the point 7 and is bent into curved form approximating the curvature of the adjacent side portion of the band 4 to conform to the pail held thereby. A plate 8 is secured to the concave edge of the support 2, and its upper edge is toothed, as shown at 9, and projects above the plane of the top side of the support and is adapted to cooperate with the inner or loose end of the reducer 5, so as to hold it in an adjusted position. The normal tendency of the inner or rear end of the reducer or strip 5 is downward, and advantage is taken of this to maintain the inner end of the part 5 in engagement with the selected tooth 9.

When the pail is of asize to fit snuglywithin the holder or band 4, the part 5 is loosened at its rear end, or should the pail be of less diameter than the holder 4 the loose end of the strap 5 is moved so as to contract the size of the holder conformable to the diametrical extent of the pail to be supported. It is to be observed that the part 5 cannot move out- Ward, because the end portions of the band 4 are fixed, and lateral displacement is guardedagainst by constructing the part 5 of suflicient thickness to resist lateral pressure. By having the band 4 elastic and preferably consisting of a metallic strap, the holder is sufficiently rigid to form a firm support for the pail and contents. When the loose or rear end of the strap 5 is engaged with the last tooth or notch of the plate 8 the holder is reduced so as to receive a pail of minimum size, and the parts 4- and 5 being flexible conform to the circular outline of the pail, so as to firmly and securely hold it-in place. When the milk is in danger of being fouled from any cause, the support 2 can be quickly turned aside, so as to remove the pail and contents out of harms way, as will be readily comprehended.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a milk-stool and in combination with the support, a strap or band rigidly attached at its ends to the support and adapted to hold the pail, and a strap secured at one end to said band at a point in its length and adapted to have its opposite end adj ustably secured to the said support so as to reduce the space inclosed bythe aforesaid band, substantially as set forth.

2. In a milk-stool and in combination with the support, a spring-band rigidly secured at its ends to the support, and a spring-strap longitudinally curved and secured at one end to the spring-band at a point in its length and adapted to have its opposite end adjustably connected with the said support to reduce the space inclosed by the spring-baud, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, a support having its outer end concave, a toothed plate secured to the concave end of the support, a spring-band constituting a pail-holder and rigidly secured at its ends to opposite edges of the said support, and a spring-strap attached at its outer end to the spring-baud about midway of its ends and having its inner end adapted to make adj nstable connection with the said toothed plate by engagement with any tooth thereof to reduce the space inclosed by the springband, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORVILLE A. HULETT. [L. s.l

\Vitnesses:

O. A. MEAD, S. B. HULETT. 

